Month: July 2018

Talkie Talk #113: Shyamalan Movies / Ant Man & The Wasp / News

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Talkie Talk #113: Shyamalan Movies / Ant Man & The Wasp / News
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TJ and Brent talk about what they’ve watched, leading into Unbreakable and some talk of Shyamalan movies (coinciding with the new Glass trailer), go through some Movie Pass issues (Movie Pass… whatcha doing?), dig into recent theater viewings and then trailers and news! Raptors in the building!

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TJ: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (1:22), Unbreakable (6:06)

Brent: First… Movie Pass issues (12:00), Fargo (14:33), Game Night (20:43), Ant Man & The Wasp (21:43), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (27:23),

Breezy on the Streets (35:16)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa 

Boo Reefa has two exciting, upcoming shows! 8/4 (Saturday) @ 8pm at the Java Monkey – and 8/17 (Friday) @ 9pm at the Tin Roof Cantina!

Talkie Talk #112: GoldenEye / Character Takeovers Draft

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Talkie Talk #112: GoldenEye / Character Takeovers Draft
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IT’S A DRAFT!

TJ, Brent, and David talk about the 1995 campy action flick, GoldenEye. They then move on to discuss what it takes for and actor or actress to take over a role from somebody else, before making our selections in an old role, new soul draft!

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Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Talkie Talk #111: Sorry to Bother You / Godfather II / Emmy Nominations

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Talkie Talk #111: Sorry to Bother You / Godfather II / Emmy Nominations
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TJ and Brent talk about what they’ve watched, Emmy noms, and some Star Wars news! Get angry, internet!

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TJ: Geostorm (1:50), Sorry to Bother You (5:46), GLOW (9:40)

Brent:  Godfather II (11:08), The January Man (18:08), Jacob’s Ladder (22:50), Ready to Wear (23:51), Brooklyn State of Mind (30:09)

Breezy on the Streets: (32:29)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa 

Talkie Talk #110: Cinema Paradiso / Movies in Movies

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Talkie Talk #110: Cinema Paradiso / Movies in Movies
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TJ, Brent, David, and Chris discuss the 1989 film Cinema Paradiso and then talk about when movie characters get crazy and watch movies themselves!

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Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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2018 Emmy Predictions: Exhaustive but Compelling

Welcome to our Emmy predictions with your favorite awards-chasers, David and TJ. Nominations come out Thursday July 12th – we’ll come back and see who did the best and figure out who the better person is. Here are predictions for nearly EVERY. SINGLE. MAJOR. CATEGORY. And here we go…

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Talkie Talk #109: The Departed / Netflix MCU / Incredibles 2 / Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

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Talkie Talk #109: The Departed / Netflix MCU / Incredibles 2 / Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
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TJ, Brent, and Chris talk their watchlists, Breezy, and tell you how to avoid seeing a bad movie this weekend…maybe.

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Brent: Moana (1:25), Disaster Artist (3:21), Shutter Island (7:44), The Departed (9:44), The Player (15:15), Hannibal (18:04), Before Sunrise (20:43), Abbot and Costello (22:55)

Chris: Luke Cage Season 2 and MCU on Netflix (23:59), Incredibles 2 (28:55)

TJ: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (31:31), Rampage (34:07), Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (36:49), Catch & Release (37:37), Tau (40:40), Eagle vs. Shark (43:04)

Breezy on the Streets (45:43)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa 

Talkie Talk #108: Event Horizon (1997) / Space Movies

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Talkie Talk #108: Event Horizon (1997) / Space Movies
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Captain, it appears we have reached the horizon… The Event Horizon… TJ, Chris and David talk about this weirdly influential Sci-Fi horror film, and get to chatting about Space Movies – for the purposes of keeping it under 5 hrs, we excluded Star Wars movies. In this podcast, no one can hear you scream.

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Homework Assignment: Event Horizon (0:47)
Main Topic: Space Movies (26:14)
New Homework Assignment: Cinema Paradiso (Netflix) (54:19)

Movies discussed include: Interstellar, Life, Sunshine, Galaxy Quest, The Martian, Alien, Armageddon, Gravity, WALL*E, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Moon, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Fifth Element, Stargate, Aliens, The Matrix, Contact

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
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Talkie Talk # 107 GLOW / Hobbitses / Set it Up / Deadpool 2

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Talkie Talk # 107 GLOW / Hobbitses / Set it Up / Deadpool 2
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With Spain and Mexico knocked out, it’s just TJ and I left to kick the ol’ movie ball around. TJ watched stuff and Chris didn’t. I think that means he wins. And guess what? We also talk about the Purge.

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Chris: GLOW (1:14), Mario:Tennis Aces (4:59)

TJ: Hobbit Trilogy (10:08), Moneyball (14:02), Tomb Raider (16:07), Cargo (18:51), Set it Up (22:12), Deadpool 2 (27:15)

Breezy: (36:32)

What to watch: (41:23)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa 

Deadpool 2 (2018)

[in theaters, for now]
Director: David Leitch
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccerin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller

Some movies don’t possess the ability to be great. Before you see them, you just know. In an upcoming episode of Talkie Talk we talk about why game shows don’t usually have long shelf lives. The reason being, in our estimation, is because they get tired. They do the same thing over and over again. If they made 50 Deadpool movies with the same type of jokes (breaking the 4th wall, blending fiction and reality, etc.) you’d get very sick of watching the same movie over and over again. While Deadpool 2 doesn’t bore you that bad, it’s just not as fun and new as the first film.

The performances are as good as you’d expect. Ryan Reynolds delivers again performing a character seemingly written with him in mind. The most impressive work is done my newcomers to the series Josh Brolin and Zazie Beetz.

Josh Brolin as Cable in Deadpool 2 (credit: imdb)

Brolin plays Cable, a character they actually take time to develop, something that didn’t happen in the original Deadpool with any characters besides Wade himself. The story arc for Cable is actually somewhat shocking as they deliver his transformation so gradually that even when he does something out of necessity you find yourself wondering what exactly his motives are.

Zazie Beetz plays Domino. A super hero whose power is luck and therefore constantly in question. She is an absolute delight and has fantastic chemistry with Reynolds. Just a very fun character.

Zazie Beetz as Domino in Deadpool 2 (credit: imdb)

Deadpool continues its streak of finding characters that some people believe were ruined by the FOX X-men films. I won’t say more because I had zero idea that some characters were in this film and it was a pleasant surprise.

Deadpool 2 is simply one half-star (or whatever metric you use to rate films) worse than the original. But it still succeeds in doing it’s job. Making us laugh.

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